That Monday morning I woke up, not with a headache, but I was rather depressed. I was remembering my little screw up with Rin. But, in school, neither of us brought it up. Rin did look a bit uneasy when I sat next to him in class, though.
So yeah, I'm sitting with Rin now. After day one I moved up to be in the desk next to him. Not near Shiemi, mind you. Thankfully Rin was between me and her so I was usually spared her ditzy ramblings. My seating arrangement also led me to be a row in front of Almost-Baldy (Miwa-san according to Rin), Pinkie, and the Brain (which are very fitting nicknames, though I can't remember their real names). Which was a bit unnerving because Brain kept glaring holes into the back of my head during our class's "intermission". On the other hand, Pinkie and Almost-Baldy were doing their very best to avoid me, which was nice.
But, besides all that, I was genuinely enjoying myself. Neuhaus-sensei was teaching us to summon demons. We stood around the magic circle (*snicker* That sounds so lame!) as he spoke.
"Your blood and an appropriate appeal is also necessary for a successful summoning," he said. But that honestly did sink in because I was trying to figure out why he's wearing an eye-patch. Eventually I settled on "Attacked By Rabid Jackalope" as the most amusing cause. Meanwhile, Neuhaus had summoned up this beautifully horrendous creature that smelled like it had been left to rot for awhile and once it was out of the magic circle it made a sound similar to "AOORRGHHH" (shut up, as ridiculous as it seems it really made that noise!). And it was so cool! It also reminded me of from Amnesia: The Dark Descent...
"There are incredibly small amount of humans who can summon demons and make them work as a familiar," Neuhaus spoke calmly, "Sheer spiritual fortitude is needed to tame the demons, but natural talent is also essential, " He looked over at us, "I'll be testing you now to see if you have the talent."
I looked down at the mini magic circle on the paper he had given us at the beginning of class. I wonder if could do something like that, I thought, smiling inwardly.
"On the paper I gave you awhile ago," he began, "drip your own blood where the magic circle has been roughly sketched."
Understatement of the decade, it looks like crap! I thought as a let a sigh escape my lips.
"Then try to recite any words that come to mind." As soon as he stopped speaking, the girl with the pigtails started up.
"I ask the grace of Inari, the God of harvest," her voice was powerful and very confidant, "To fulfill my prayers!" She smiled widely as two fox demons appeared and swirled around her. Afterwards, Neuhaus said something congratulatory and the girl's name (which went in one ear and out the other, so I'll call her Eyebrows), and her friend (who I hadn't noticed) said something about how awesome Eyebrows was. But all of it bounced off me because I was focusing on how snobbish she was acting. I knew that we weren't going to get along very well.
When Eyebrows was done and out of the way, Pinkie, Almost-Baldy, Brain, and Rin all failed. Not even epically, they just failed. Then it was Shiemi's turn and I honestly wanted her to fail, just to see she would react (Damn it! Why am I so mean!). At first she was in an absolute daze, looking at Eyebrows in awe.
After she mumbled something, she got down to business, "~Come out, come out wherever you are~" she sang (Seriously?), "Just kidding..." ( I thought not...) Then, out of the circle popped this little green thing. It would probably be considered cute amongst the more girlie crowd.
"That's a Greenman spirit," said Neuhaus suddenly, "How wonderful, Shiemi Murayama."
"Wonderful my ass," I grumble inaudibly, I was incredibly displeased. And in my displeasure, I spaced out, staring into the magic circle. When I got back to reality Shiemi and Eyebrows were having a blow out of sorts. All I know if is that Eyebrows was pissed, said something snarky and sarcastic, and Shiemi didn't notice (idiot...). So I guess it wasn't really a blow out, but I have no idea what else to call it.
But now it was my turn and I have butterflies in my stomach. I'm so excited! What if I could summon a demon? What would it look like? I must have had big silly grin on my face since Rin was giving me this nervous look.
I pricked my figure like everyone else and dropped my blood onto the paper, and then a low whisper echoed through my head. It wasn't a chant or phase or anything one might say when summoning a demon.
Why would you want to summon a demon, when you have me? I knew that voice, and I knew he was smiling.
With a growl I mumbled, "Guess I don't have the talent either." He has a habit of ruining my fun sometimes.
Class ended soon after, and I basically stuck around Rin afterwards. I kept my distance, though, because Rin was talking to Brain and Almost-Baldy. I leaned up against the wall. The three were chatting away when Shiemi, Eyebrows and her friend walked passed. Shiemi was carrying Eyebrows' bag.
"What the...?" Rin looked over at them, "Shiemi's turned into Thin Brow's Servant."
"Thin Brows...?" asked Almost-Badly, "Oh, you mean Kamiki-san."
So that's what her name is... I doubt I'll remember it, though. I thought smugly.
"They're just playin'" stated Brain plainly. (What the hell kind of answer is that?)
"She might think she's being Eyebrows' friend..." I murmured.
Brain and Almost-Baldy whipped their heads around. I guess they didn't know I was there. Which wouldn't surprise me, I've got mad ninja skills.
"She isn't the brightest and I've heard that she didn't get around that much before now. She might not know to much about how people will abuse you," I stared blankly after the trio of girls as they made their way down the hall. Rin followed my gaze.
Almost-Badly and Rin nodded in agreement while Brain simply grunted so I turned only to be met by a fierce glare.
"Oi, Bon," Both he and I looked at Rin, he looked concerned, "What's your problem with Yoru?"
Good question, but this might not end well... I returned my gaze to Bon and he was staring right back.
"Something is very wrong with you," he answered lowly.
I let a very smug smirk spread across my lips, "I must admit, I'm pretty crazy, but I'd greatly enjoy hearing your definition of wrong."
Bon growled (finally got his name down, but we'll see how long that lasts...), "You don't feel human."
Surprise was blatant on Rin's and my own face.
"Bon! Wh-"
I cut Rin off, "Do I have that look about me, or do you have a less retarded answer?" I crossed my arms and smiled a toothy grin.
Bon was seriously pissed now, "Your aura doesn't feel human. Is that better?"
"Very," I replied blandly and then I walk down the hall in the same direction Shiemi went. Then I turned suddenly, "See you at the Exwire boot camp thing!" I waved at Rin happily and then continued on my way.
I eventually met up with Rin in front of his dorm (or at least i think so, it's so worn down). I was sitting next to him on this concrete platform thing while Yukio stood on the other side. We were sitting in silence and I was munching on some pocky.
"She's totally become her bitch..." Rin mumbled, suddenly breaking the silence.
"What?" was Yukio's boring response.
"It's nothing."
More silence.
"Seriously, is there really any point to having a camp session in the dorms?" Rin piped up again.
"Well, it's a good thing the dorm members aren't here," replied Yukio in the same boring manner. Makes me wonder if Yukio and Rin are actually related, they act nothing alike.
"Oh yeah. This dormitory is pretty quiet, almost like there's no one here."
"It does look abandoned," I chimed in.
"...I just said...There isn't."
"There isn't?"
"We're the only ones living here. Didn't you realize that?" Yukio turned and gave Rin a stern look.
"Oh, Rin, you're so slow..." I snickered
"Hey!" And with that he punched my shoulder, "Not nice, at all."
"Says the person that just punched me!" I pouted, holding my shoulder like I was just stabbed.
"Calm down, would you please," sighed Yukio.
Then Yukio went on a small ramble about the building, but I was too busy being amused by Shiemi obliviously being used like a pack-mule by her "friends" as they entered the building. Rin stood and entered the dorm, while I finished the last of my pocky. When I finally stood, Yukio and I were the only ones still outside, Bon, Pinkie, and Almost-Baldy had already shown up and gone in. I was about to go in, too, when Yukio interrupted me (he keeps doing that, it's annoying).
"We kinda started out on the wrong foot last time," he said in an apologetic tone.
Waved it off, "It's fine, I wasn't in the best of moods that day," I look back at him.
"Nether was I," he smiled for once, it looked good on him," Well, that was a bit obvious."
I turned the rest of me around gracefully, "You and Mephisto have an argument, or something?"
"Yeah," he grumbled.
"What about, dare I ask?"
"Pages and I were on a mission. It was supposed to be a simple, the demon we were hunting was very weak, but..." he trailed off and walked passed me into the dorm, I followed, "But, Mephisto set it up as a trap or lure of sorts for someone. And that someone is a dangerous assassin, and we don't really know who's side they're on," he paused again, then muttered, "I don't even think it work."
The "Boot Camp" it's self really isn't a boot camp, or at least how I imagined a boot camp to be. We basically sat around on the floor doing practice sheets.
"Alright," Yukio spoke for the first time in at least an hour, "time's up. Please flip your worksheets over and pass them around."
How very teacher like of you, Yukio. I thought as I did as I was asked of me.
"Tomorrow, get up at 6 o'clock and we'll do the answers to our question and answer session for one hour before attending school."
Are you fucking kidding me! Why? I growled outwardly.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Rin stand up, mumbling something about fresh air. I considered following him, but, when I tried to stand, all of my leg muscles screamed at once.
"So stiff," I told myself. So I just sat there and stretched my legs out. While I was doing that, Eyebrows and "friends" went off to the baths.
"Wahaha, a bath full of women? How nice~~" Pinkie cooed, "Our training camps are supposed to come with that sort of fun, right?"
"Shima! You're supposed to be a Buddhist priest!" yelled Bon. I would've been pissed too, but I couldn't help but laugh. It's as if they forgot that there's still a girl in the room.
"Yeah, yeah, you say that, but you guys wanna do it too~" he smiled slyly.
Then Almost-Baldy murmured something about bad habits when Yukio chimed in, "Please bear in mind that there is a teacher here..." he sighed in a disapproving manner.
An awkward silence filled the air, as they all looked at Yukio.
"Teacher, yeah. But aren't you basically a high school freshman? Don't be unreasonable~"
But aren't you that one that's being unreasonable, Shima? I paused GOT HIS NAME RIGHT! I laughed inwardly I'd do my happy dance, but that would be too weird.
"I'm against reckless adventures as a principle," Yukio replied as he pushed up his glasses.
Yes, but then life would be really boring, no?" I stood to leave since my legs decided to cooperate with me this time.
"Besides," he continued, "There's still a girl in here, as well." They all turned to look at me. Which commenced another awkward silence.
"What?" I asked, brushing the wrinkles out of my Gir shirt.
Shima quickly turned back to Yukio, "How long has she been in here?" he asked quickly in a hushed voice. A very bad one, I might add, I could still hear him a clear as day.
"The entire time, you didn't notice?" Yukio went back to reading the stack of papers he had in his hands.
"No..." he slowly turned back to me, "I didn't."
"Alrightly then," I mumbled, then left.
But then, 5 feet from the door, I heard, "God, I hope she's going to the baths." I could almost hear the drool dripping from is pervy mouth.
I was going to walk back into the room and scare the shit out of that guy, but then good ol' Bon yelled at him and then hit him with something. So, now smiling and in a very good mood, I skipped down that hall, planning to leave this place and sleep.
My plans, and thoughts for that matter, came to a screeching halt when I was half way out of the damn place. Two girls were screaming about something, and it was probably Eyebrows and her friend. With a sigh and a grand hesitation I ran back towards the screaming.
If it's a bug, or something, then I am killing those two! I thought
When I came running in to the bathroom were Eyebrows had gone, I was pleasantly surprised. A ghoul showed up and Rin was fighting it. But he wasn't doing to well.
Idiot! Why won't you unsheathe your sword! I yelled internally as I ran passed Sheimi, an injured girl, and Eyebrows.
Just then, the ghoul punched Rin through some glass and kept going after him.
"Rin!" I called. The ghoul was choking Rin, muttering something. So, I rushed over and kicked it in the face. Well, one of it's faces, it had two heads, and look suspiciously like Neuhaus's familiar.
"Are you okay?" I yelled as I stood between Rin and the ghoul. Which was detaching it's self from the wall I kicked it into.
"Yeah," he groaned.
Suddenly, the ghoul attacked again, I dodged but then it was headed strait for Rin.
"NII-SAN!" yelled a familiar voice. It was Yukio, who was shooting several rounds into the monster. Said monster then fled through a window high above us.
"Yu..." Rin grunted as he tried to stand, "...kio... You're late!"
Yes, yell at your brother, don't even think to thank the person who saved you. I thought sarcasticly as I grabbed Rin by the arm and helped him up.
"Thanks," he panted.
Then Yukio yelled, "Sheimi! Is Paku..."
"Yuki-chan..." she began (Yuki-chan? What the hell?), "I... I..."
"A familiar...!" he gasped, running over to her, "If left untreated, a ghouls mashou can possibly become fatal." Yukio knelt near this Paku girl, "You've treated the wound correctly."
He went on for a bit after that, but I was too busy examining the window the ghoul escaped through.
Are you heading back to your master? I smiled, ~You can run, but you can't hide~ then I returned the group surrounding Paku. I turned around in time to see Rin toss his shirt at Eyebrows and then he walked back.
Yukio turned around too, then, in a scolding tone, asked, "Nii-san, why are you half-naked...?"
Because he's too sexy for his shirt, that's why. I froze NO! What am I saying! I asked myself with an internal sob.
"I just went with the flow..." Rin answered.
Okay then... I cocked a brow.
Things after that were surprisingly normal. Sigh, and I was looking forward to a nice fight! Only difference is Eyebrows' lack of paying attention and Bon keeps showing off his amazing memorizing powers. Eyebrows got mad.
"I said memorization has absolutely nothing to do with academic ability!"
Oh boy, this isn't going to end well...
"Oh? Big talk comin' from a girl who couldn't even memorise four lines," Bon shot back.
"C-come on, now... Kamiki-san is the most talented student in the class, you know? She's just having a bad day, that's all..."
Who the hell was that? The teacher? I innocently looked around to find the voice's owner.
"It's..." Kamiki began then stood in a fit of rage, "It's not that I can't memorise them! I just choose not to! Who wants to be an Aria!"
Well this is spiraling out of control. I thought, relatively amused, I sense a fight coming on.
"They're completely defenceless while reciting," she continued, "and have to rely on the rest of their party to protect them! They're nothing more than baggage!"
Oh snap!
"What the hell was that! I'll have you know I'm studyin' to be an Aria!" Bon yelled, making his way over to Kamiki.
"Oh, what's this? You want to solve this with violence? How scary! Just want I'd expect from a gorilla like yourself!" Kamiki stepped forward, too. Making their way to the space between Rin's and my desk. "Well, if you want to hit me, then go ahead!"
Damn, she is just askin' for it! And I've got prefect front row seating! I looked past them at Rin, who wasn't paying any attention in the slightest.
Bon slammed his hand down on Rin's desk (which finally got his attention) and growled, "Ya known what, I can't stand you, you know that? Don't go and laugh at other people's dreams!"
"Oh, of course... You wanted to 'Defeat Satan' isn't that right? ...Hah! You expect me to do anything other than laugh at a joke like that!" Kamiki retorted.
Point taken, that is a little bit too ridiculous.
"Well, what about you then, huh! What's you goal in tryin' to become an exorcist? Go on... Say it!"
"Goal?" her voice lowered to a weak whisper, but then grew in strength, "...I'll have you know I have never told my personal goals to others! Not that I would expect a show-off like yourself to understand!"
Bon grabbed and lifted her a bit by her shirt, "Why you...!" he growled again.
Fight! Fight! Fight! Hey, wait... is that Yukio? I glanced passed Kamiki. Then, suddenly Kamiki went to punch Bon, but at the same time, Rin stood up. So, Rin got punched in the face. Which made me have a laugh attack and fall out of my chair.
"Why me?" I whined, the weight of the Baryon on my lap was steadily getting heavier. Apparently the whole class was being punished for one person being an ass and another for defending himself from said ass. Said punishment was to sit in seiza position with these evil baryon things on your lap.
"Now, then. Have you all had time to reflect upon your bad behaviour?" asked Yukio, sternly.
"Wh... why are we being punished?" whined, well, everyone besides Kamiki and Bon.
"This is what we call 'collective responsibility'," Yukio stated with a disappointed sigh, "The aims of this training camp are two fold. Firstly, to increase your abilities, and secondly, to deepen your relations with your fellow students."
"I refuse to get along with these brutes!" snorted Kamiki.
I looked over at her, Why are you so stubbornly snobbish?
"I am afraid that you will have to," Yukio replied, messing with his glasses." No exorcist can fight alone!" He shouted suddenly. "Making use of one another's specialties and compensating for one another's weak points... Fighting in a party of two or more is basic procedure for any exorcist. If you were to fall out like this in an actual battle, you would face collective responsibility on entirely different level from this simple punishment."
He's good at scolding people, I pondered, I guess he does it often. I looked over a Rin smugly.
"...Now, then. I have a minor mission to attend to, so I will be leaving for about three hours. However, considering the incident with the ghoul yesterday..." Yukio paused, "I will be locking all the entrances and exits to this building, and putting up powerful wards around it, just in case."
"Locking the exits...? How are we meant to get out of here, then?" asked Bon, who sounded a tad bit worried.
"There will be no need for you to leave," Yukio said as he moved towards the door.
That was totally not suspicious, I closed my eyes.
"I would like you to stay as you are for the next three hours. See if you can't get along with one another and cool off your heads a little," he finished with a strange smile on his lips. As soon as Yukio left, everyone started talking.
"Three hours! What is he, a monster?" Shima complained.
"Are you an' that teacher seriously related?" Bon questioned Rin.
"H... he's a good guy really... I think..." Rin stuttered, he was obviously in a lot of pain. Even I, a person who is used to sitting like this, am unbelievably uncomfortable.
But I kept my eyes closed, and daydreamed. I daydreamed about Durarara!, an anime I watch this morning when my day was still going good and no one as yelling at each other. I daydreamed about Izaya Orihara... I felt a light blush spread across my cheeks and all the outside noises faded away...
No, Yoru, no! I mentally slapped myself, You're in public, you can't fangirl-out here! A rush of noise met my ears, slamming me back into reality, so I opened my eyes.
"Well, this is a fine mess someone's gone an' got us all into," Bon scowled.
"Bon..." Shima weakly protested.
"Huh? Says the brute who was manhandling me by the chest back there!" Kamiki shot back, " Unbelievable," she added under her breath.
"Weren't we told to cool off our heads a little...?" squeaked Miwa.
"You're the one who was practically beggin' for a fight!" yelled Bon.
"...Can you two stop fighting with me in the middle already!" Rin added
"...You really are one nasty piece of work," Bon continued.
Just call her a bitch already! I thought grimly
"Hah. I'm perfectly aware of that, thank you. And?"
"You'll make every damn person around you run for the hills actin' like that."
Kamiki recoiled with surprise.
Then, with a sigh, I added my two cents, "I have an idea," everyone looked at me, "How 'bout we all shut up and calm the fuck down, okay? This really starting to annoy me," I growled.
And, as if "starting to annoy me" were the magic words, all the lights went out. And everybody starting acting the way people do when the lights go out, scream. I hate that, oh, so very much. So I declared that everyone should shut up again. I swear before the end of this my voice will be gone!
Shima got out his cell phone to light up the area around us as everyone lifted the Baryon's off their legs.
Bon was the first to say something relatively intelligent, "Th... that idiot teacher... did he go an' cut the power an' all?"
"Surely he wouldn't..." Miwa exclaimed in a panic-y manner.
"A black-out?" That was Kamiki, I think.
"No... I can still see lights out there through the window," Bon replied.
"What's that mean, then?" asked Miwa, who was practically panic stricken.
"The blackout is restricted to this building...?"
What an fantastic question Rin, I glared over at him.
"Let's go check out the corridor," suggested Shima.
I wouldn't. That's what they do in horror movies, the monster's going to be behind that door! My stomach was flipping out of utter excitement.
"Be careful out there, Shima..." Miwa said softly.
Then Shima gave a weak laugh, "To tell the truth, I kinda like little incidents like this. It's like a real-life 'Test of Courage'..." He opening the door, and there was the ghoul.
All of my hair stood on end, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD! IT'S ! CLOSE THE DOOR DANIEL, CLOSE THE DOOR! RUN! RUN! RUN! I may seem terrified, but I'm lovin' it!
Shima slowly closed the door, "...That's odd. Am I seeing things...?"
"That's real! It's the real deal!" everyone shouted. Then the door was kicked in by Mr. Ghoul Face...
Or should it be Mr. Face Ghoul?
"It's the ghoul from yesterday!" shouted Kamiki.
Like we didn't notice...
"Didn't he say he'd set up wards or somethin'!" Miwa screamed.
"Crap... My legs are so numb, I can't-" Bon cried.
Suddenly, one of the ghoul's heads blew up.
AWESOME! I thought gleefully, still standing where I was when the lights went out.
The fluid from the explosion was hit all of us head on, soon after that, I got a little bit dizzy. Then, Sheimi did something, I'm sure what, but a tree spontaneously grew out of... Nii-chan, as she calls it. Which seems to have worked at keeping the ghoul at bay. But from the other side, you could hear the ghoul viciously riping through the tree.
Then, something bad happened, everyone but Rin and I started coughing and complaining about dizziness.
"What's going on?" Rin yelled.
"It's because of that liquid the ghoul sprayed at us just now... Are you... not affected?" Kamiki yelled back.
Of course he wouldn't be, I smiled, he's a demon too. Well... I chuckled, I guess any nonhuman creature wouldn't be affected.
"Looks like we're safe," I announced, "for now, at least. When Sheimi loses her stamina then the blockage will fall." I furrowed my brow, then brought out my phone from my bingata kinchaku, and dialed Mephisto's number. My attempts were in vane, however, I got his damn answering machine. I furrowed my brow some more and threw my phone back inside of it.
What to do? What to do? ...Aha!
I hopped around the others towards the blockade, "I guess this means you sickly folk will stay here," I turned on my heel, back towards everyone else, "An' Rin and I will lure them off."
"Yeah..." Rin nodded, "If I can get both of them following me, then the rest of you run for it."
My eyes narrowed, "What's with all the 'I'?"
"Your not coming with."
"Why not?" I pouted.
"Because-"
Walked over to him, cutting him off as I whispered, "It's okay, I already know."
Rin's surprised look slowly changed to a slight scowl, "Fine..." sighed in defeat.
"And, if they don't follow us, we'll see what we can do about finding help or at least getting the lights back on," I looked back at the others with a smile.
"Are crazy?" Bon shouted.
I already started making my way through the branches, "Don't worry about us, Rin's stronger than ya think. Even if he does fuck up then I'll be there to save him!" My smile broadened.
"Really?" I heard Rin remark smugly, "I doubt that." Then both of us made our way through the blockage, even with the rest of our party calling for us to come back.
Rin was the first through the blockade, and as soon as he popped out, he growled, "It's me you assholes are after, right?" Then he ran for the door, and so did I. We went sprinting down the hallway as the ghoul with two heads gave chase.
"Tch... Only one of them followed," Rin shouted.
"I noticed!" I glanced over at him, "you know where the power generator is?"
"Yeah..." he panted, "I'll lead the way."
Alright... as long you can stay in front of me... I gave him a small smile.
"How'd you know?"
"Hm?"
"How'd you know I was-" Rin hesitated.
"The son of Satan?"
"Yeah... that."
I smiled, "Cuz, I'm special like that!" I giggled happily, as we ran.
"Why're you so happy?" He questioned, "Weirdo..."
"I haven't had this much fun in a long time!" I laughed, "~Keep up, you're slowing down~" I sang as I ran ahead of him.
After lots of running we made it to the power generator in the basement.
"This is what you use to switch the electricity on and off, right..." Rin looked at me, breathing heavily.
I nodded firmly, "Yes... and would you look at that, all the switches are set to off."
It was obviously a set up... I glanced around, was Yukio in on-
"Rin look out!" Rin was suddenly snatched up by the ghouls tongue and thrown. I turned back to the power box quickly and was about to flip on the lights, but the ghoul came right up next to me and tried to punch me. I blocked the attack my forearm, but there was to much force behind the attack and I was pushed back, away from the power box. After some struggle I was able to get some traction and I threw the ghoul off.
"Rin?" I shouted.
Where'd you g- Oh, I saw a raging blue fire over where I had just thrown the ghoul. I rushed over and saw Rin below me, and I saw Neuhaus. I clenched the railing, I knew it was a set up! I squeezed the rail until I could feel it start bending in my hands. And yet, nether of them noticed me watching.
"That's right. The flames I wanted to see. Those blue, blue flames. I deduced that you would not use your flames in front of others, so I lured you out here, Rin Okumura. Son of Satan." His voice was deep and menacing. The two headed ghoul stood by his side.
"...You're... one of our teachers...?" The question made Neuhaus crack a sadistic smile, "So yesterday's attack, and today's... They were both your doing?" Rin was clearly angry, and some of the blue flames were still there.
"Indeed they were. But enough talk... Let me see more of those flames of yours!" Neuhaus laughed manically.
Suddenly, Rin lept through the air, sword drawn, and he stabbed one of the ghoul's in the head. His already pointed ear grew longer and two blue flames, like horns, were on his head. Even his sword was surround by the blue flame.
"I'll never forgive you!" Rin yelled at Neuhaus. Then the entire ghoul was set a blaze with blue fire, it was beautiful. Neuhaus didn't appear to care at all that his familiar was just set on fire, and he disappeared into the shadows.
"Hey, wait!" Rin yelled after him, "No... This is no time to be messing around!" He was about to run after him when I called out to him again.
"Rin! Don't! Wait there, I'll get the lights!" I ran back and flicked them all on, all the while I was scolding myself for not doing so sooner. Then I ran back and jumped the railing, landed lightly in front of Rin.
"He might be luring you to a trap, so," I paused," let's just go back and make sure the others are okay." He nodded and put his sword away.
Back with the other Exwires, everyone seemed okay, but Sheimi was very pale.
"You guys okay?" Rin asked, Bon and Miwa were looking at him like a cow does at an on-coming train.
"Y-y-y you..." Bon stuttered, " Where's the other..."
"Hm...? Oh, I beat it!" Rin laughed, "You guys beat the other one too? Nice goi-" Bon ran at Rin, "Hm?" and punched him in the face.
"Th.. The hell's wrong with you!" Bon screamed, "You fucking idiot!"
"B... Bon!" Miwa proclaimed.
"Were you tryin' to get yourself killed?" He shouted again, "I almost died back there!" he added in a quieter voice. He turned to me, "And you! You're in the wrong here, as well!" He yelled, throwing a punch at me.
I caught his fist, and squeezed it, "Aw... Was Bon worried about me?" I brought my face close to his, "And all this time I thought you hated me." Bon riped his hand from my grasp with an angry grunt.
"...What on...?" I whipped my head around, it was Yukio, and behind him was Neuhaus, "Neuhaus-sensei?" I clenched my fists, my knuckles turning white.
Rin yelled in shock, "Yukio! He's an en-"
Suddenly, Mephisto jumped down from the ceiling, "Oh, excuse me," he stated simply, still standing on Rin.
"~Alright~" he sang, "Thanks for your hard work, all you pages."
And all this time I thought they were Exwires... Stupid, stupid!
Everyone looked at Mephisto in awe, except Rin, who was yelling at him.
"Isn't... isn't that the chairman?" asked Miwa.
"What's he doing here...?" Bon stammered.
"Of course there was a reason why I, the Chairman, would allow the invasion of upper class demons!" Mephisto exclaimed, and with a snap of his fingers, all of our different teachers popped out of their hiding spots. Be it the closet, beneath the floorboards, the ceiling, they were everywhere!
"These Doctor class teachers will treat every one's wounds," he continued, and then said with grand enthusiasm, "That's right! Don't you see? This training camp has also served a purpose as the Exorcist Authorization Exam!"
I gritted my teeth, Dammit! Why didn't I notice them!
"While you were lodging together, I posted these teachers everywhere to act as judges. Afterwards, I'll read the teacher's reports, and make my final decision-"
"~Mephisto~" I sang in an aggravated tone, I felt my eyebrow twitch, "I've been itching to hit something," I cracked my knuckles, "I hope you don't mind that something being your face." Mephisto looked over at me in surprise, then he smiled widely and talked over to me.
"Now, now, Yoru," both of his hands grabbed hold of my checks and stretched then outwards, "No need to be so sore about it."
"Ow, ow, ow!" I pushed his hands away with my own, "Stop! That hurts!" Mephisto smiled again and I could feel all the others staring at me. But Mephisto simply turned away and continued his speech.
Sorry if that was a bad place to end, but, if you haven't noticed, I haven't updated in ages and I really just wanted to get something posted. Hopefully I'll post another chapter by next Sunday as long as my first week of high school doesn't kill me.
Hope you enjoyed!